Pushkin.

You need a show fresh in.

You need a show called Fresh Off the Boat and Blackish to get a show called Atlanta.

It's just steps and I think we're headed there and I think people are mindful of that of getting

there now even people in positions of power they're realizing the good

business sense in going that direction and I don't think that was ever the case

throughout like my earlier career or definitely when I was growing up.

That was Randall Park. I'm San Fregoso and this is Talk Easy. Welcome to the show. Hello everyone welcome to the show this is talk easy I'm Sam

so today on the podcast is Randall Park what a good name Randall Park I wish

I had a name name Randall Park. I wish I had a name like Randall Park. I also wish I was half as funny as Randall

If you have not seen him on fresh off the boat. You should correct that. But also perhaps more

importantly he has a movie that came out this year. It's called Always Be My Maybe. He co-wrote it with Ali Wong.

It's a very, very light-hearted, good-natured, kind of old-school romcom except for the fact that it doesn't have a bunch of white people.

And in that way, it became this kind of sensation online and with people on Netflix watching and streaming and I think to date

It is one of the most popular films of the year. It seems to have broken out and in many ways as has

Randall you know I do a fair bit of preparation for these podcasts. I've mentioned that both in these

intros and on episode 150 where my friend Harrison interviewed me.

And something I found in preparation for this episode

is that Randall Park, like many men and women of color is unfortunately tasked with answering the same questions

over and over and over again.

And you know, these are questions of diversity

and racial stereotypes in Hollywood of the Asian community.

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